Chris Hitchen
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General Partner @possiblevc, investing early in teams building frontier technology to positively impact people and the planet.
Melbourne, Victoria
Joined May 2008
Thanks for the write-up @SaysSmithy @PossibleVC
Possible Ventures, an early stage global venture capital fund targeting “frontier” technology investments from a base in Victoria by @hit_ch is closing a $65 million fund.
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GitHub Copilot pioneered AI coding assistance. First to market. 20 million users. Then Claude Code & OpenAI Codex launched in mid-2025. Within six months, Copilot's daily installs peaked & declined while competitors surged past 100,000 combined. The sword didn't fall on a
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🚀 Marvel Fusion Secures 60 Million Euro Series B Funding 🚀 In addition, we are honored to have been selected by the @EUeic Accelerator program with additionally up to 17.5 million Euro. @HV_Capital @EarlybirdVC
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The VC backlog is clearing. IPO pipeline is filling (both upround and downround IPOs) and M&A is on 🔥 - both strategic deals at great valuations and distressed deals where VCs getting 50% to 100% of $$ back. The 2 year lag to the public market correction is here. 🙏🏼👊
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Make music without recording it, cook dinner for yourself, sing in the shower, draw middle fingers while you're on annoying calls, BE A HUMAN!
Kurt Vonnegut letter to students at Xavier High School (2006) on creating, becoming, making your soul grow and a reminder about constraints: no fair tennis without a net!
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Super excited to announce l've accepted a new role as an Investment Manager at @PossibleVC! With a focus on early-stage startups, Possible Ventures is dedicated to harnessing frontier tech - that’s deep tech, life sciences, and software platforms (dw that includes blockchain!)
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Proud to announce that Marvel Fusion & @ColoradoStateU are collaborating on a $150M Laser Facility! This public-private partnership marks a turning point in laser-based fusion development and accelerates our goal of commercializing fusion energy. https://t.co/GTCzogUaLF
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👀@handelsblatt interview w @MarvelFusion's Heike Freund: -Only fusion company w a customized & power plant-ready laser facility -Implementation w @ColoradoStateU accelerates validation -Public-private partnerships help #deeptech companies & universities https://t.co/81vPlg5FzW
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Europa müsse deutlich schneller werden. Sonst sieht Marvel Fusion-Geschäftsführerin Heike Freund den Standort für die Greentech-Branche in Gefahr.
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Thanks @misssaxbys & the @Siftedeu team for the write-up on our journey @PossibleVC. It's a great reminder of some early successes & shines a light on our everyday obsession to uncover & invest in the next paradigm-shifting startups in frontier tech💪🚀 https://t.co/2EobI7kwXM
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To things into perspective: All 40 Dax comps are worth just the equivalent of $1.66tn, less than Apple at $3tn or Microsoft at $2.53tn. And the Dax suffers from obsolescence: The average Dax company is 109 years old, the avg S&P 500 company only 42yrs.
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If you're an SMB, managing identity and access to SaaS apps is no cakewalk. Oh wait, now it is. Cakewalk's design-first approach is empowering businesses and transforming app control. Join the beta and check it out today! https://t.co/UjhEZtQEij
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No-touch Identity Governance and access management. Control access to every app and AI agent while enabling teams and staying audit-ready as you scale.
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Congrats to the team at @BioNumber8 on securing $1.8M in pre-seed funding! We're proud to back such a game-changing mission. Revolutionising feed conversion ratios and reducing methane emissions is the future of sustainable agriculture! 🌱🐄💪
Excited to announce our $1.8M pre-seed funding from @MSeqVC, @PossibleVC, @UNSWFounders & @BioplatformsAus! 🥳 This will help us revolutionise feed conversion ratios for farmers and significantly lower methane emissions from their herds. https://t.co/nmONWNB0lF
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Thrilled to invest in #Aquila, innovators using light-based tech for energy transformation. Exciting step towards an 'Internet of Energy'. Read all about it in Billy's awesome write-up. The future is bright! 🌞🌍🚀 #EnergyTransition
Excited to announce our A$3M fundraise in The Australian and New Zealand Business review-- I wrote a piece about what this fundraise means here https://t.co/5rd4ZtKp48
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US/China relation setback: In a headline reminiscent of 1962, WSJ is reporting that China will build an electronic eavesdropping facility in Cuba. Beijing will pay cash-strapped Havana several billion dollars for the facility. (via @knowledge_vital) https://t.co/HfGbk3pdLk
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Negative price for electricity in Germany today 😱 Dynamic electricity pricing is the future!
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Good Morning from Germany, which is facing difficult demographic times. Old-age dependency ratio has already risen well >30: fewer than 3 people of working age face one person of retirement age. Only in Japan, Italy & Finland is the population even more over-aged. (HT @Tiefseher)
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Today the team @solidworldhq launched their CRISP-scored forward carbon liquidity pool, marking a new era in climate finance by opening access to project financing, initially focused on mangrove restoration. More transparency, accessibility, capital & impact for carbon markets!
1/7 Today is the day! Solid World is excited to announce the launch of our inaugural CRISP-scored liquidity pool on @0xPolygonLabs, a game-changing initiative set to transform the landscape of the Voluntary Carbon Market. 🌍🚀
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Debt is becoming increasingly expensive for Germany. German govt has sold 30y debt in auction at 2.53%, most expensive 30y auction since 2013.
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🎙️ Our COO Heike Freund was invited to the @officially_omr Podcast. Heike discusses with @Westermeyer the basics of fusion, our journey toward commercial fusion energy, the growing momentum, and Heike's role at Marvel Fusion. #Fusionist
https://t.co/KeeBVXlHNI
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Heike Freund war Partnerin bei der Unternehmensberatung McKinsey und tauschte gegen einen Job als COO beim Münchner Kernfusions-Startup Marvel Fusion.
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🌟 @sensible_bio is tackling humanity's challenges with novel mRNA manufacturing! 🧬 This stellar team is advancing healthcare by scaling up cost-efficient mRNA production. Let's diversify the supply chain & unlock mRNA's full potential! Thrilled to support their journey! 🌍
Congrats to the @sensible_bio team on the launch and new partnership with @Ginkgo! Sensible (YC S21) engineers cells to produce high-quality mRNA in a scalable and cost-efficient way, to meet the growing demand for mRNA in novel vaccines and therapies.
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Bank run in slow motion continues: Deposits at US banks fell sharply for a 2nd week. Deposits at commercial banks dropped by $125.7bn in week ended Mar22, marking 9th-straight period of declines, highlighting preference for higher-yielding money-mkt funds. https://t.co/7KVwOS7ZhA
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